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From: Lijewski, Lolly M (DHS)
Date: Aug 19, 2014 8:23AM

Hello,

What are the current best practices for opening a new window and identifying the content or document that opens in that window? Is there a AA guidance in WCAG2.0 on this?

As a user what I appreciate is when I click on the link to said content, and the screen reader says, "opens a new window," and then the document or web page title is spoken.

Thanks,
Lolly


Lolly Lijewski
Disability Services Division
Minnesota Department of Human Services
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